Bharat Ko Jano Q&A – English 20
Bharat in Space
- Which agency is responsible for space programs in India?
ISRO - What is the full form of ISRO?
Indian Space Research Organisation - Who is the founding father of space programmes in India?
Dr Vikram A Sarabhai - When was ISRO formed?
ISRO was formed on August 15, 1969. - When was Department of Space constituted?
1972. ISRO was brought under DOS on June 1, 1972. - Where the Space Programme began in India?
Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) Thiruvanathapuram. - When was the first rocket launched in India? Which was the rocket?
November 21, 1963, Nike-Apache - Where the Satellites are made by ISRO?
U R Rao Satellite Centre (URSC) (previously Known as ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC), Bangalore) - Which was India’s first indigenous rocket?
RH-75, launched on November 20, 1967. - From where are the rockets launched?
Launch Vehicles from SDSC SHAR and. Sounding rockets are launched from TERLS, Thiruvananthapuram. - How many major Centres are there in ISRO?
Six (Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram; ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC), Bangalore; Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC – SHAR) at Sriharikota; Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC) at Thiruvananthapuram, Bangalore and Mahendragiri, Space Application Centre (SAC), Ahmedabad and National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), Hyderabad) - Which was the first successful launch vehicle of India?
Satellite Launch Vehicle-3 (SLV-3), July 18, 1980 - Which is the first Indian satellite?
Aryabhatta, on April 19, 1975 from former Soviet Union - Which is the first operational launch vehicle of India?
PSLV - Which is the First Indian Communication Satellite?
Ariane Passenger Pay Load Experiment, APPLE (June 19, 1981) - Which was the first operational flight of PSLV?
PSLV-C1 (29 September 1997) - Which was ISRO’s first commercial launch (foreign satellite as the main payload)?
PSLV-C8 (23 April 2007) With two foreign Satellites - Which flight of PSLV successfully carried and deployed a record 104 satellites? PSLV-C37 (15 February 2017)
- When, and from where, Chandrayaan-1 was launched?
22 October 2008 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre using PSLV C11 - Who was the Project Director of Chandrayaan-1?
Dr M Annadurai - How long Chandrayaan-1 was operational?
312 days (on 28 August 2009 communication with the spacecraft was suddenly lost) - When, and from where, Chandrayaan-2 was launched?
On 22 July 2019 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre - Which launch vehicle took Chandrayaan-2 to space?
GSLV Mark III M1 - Who was the Mission Director of Chandrayaan-2?
Ritu Karidhal - Who was the Project Director of Chandrayaan-2?
Muthayya Vanitha - Which module of Chandrayaan-2 is deployed successfully?
Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter - What is mission life of Chandrayaan-2 orbiter?
Approximately 7.5 years - What is full form of MOM?
Mars Orbiter Mission - When was Mars Orbiter (Mangalyaan) launched?
5 November 2013 - Which rocket was used to launch Mangalyaan?
PSLV-XL C-25 - Since when is Mangalyaan orbiting around Mars?
24 September 2014 - What was planned life of MOM?
Six Months (But it is still operational) - What is full form of GAGAN?
GPS aided geo-augmented navigation system (GAGAN) - The IRNSS constellation was named as “NavIC” by Prime Minister, Mr. Modi what is full form of NavIC?
(Navigation with Indian Constellation) - What is Antrix?
Antrix is the commercial arm of ISRO - When was ISRO’s new commercial arm New Space India Limited (NSlL) launched?
May 23, 2019 - What is Gaganyaan?
Gaganyaan is an Indian crewed orbital spacecraft that is intended to send 3 astronauts to space for a minimum of seven days by 2022 - Which rocket is using indigenously built cryogenic engine?
GSLV - Which was the ISRO’s first re-entry mission?
(Space Capsule Recovery Experiment (SRE – 1) 10 January 2007 - What is full form of ISRO’s CARE Mission?
Crew Module Atmospheric Re-entry Experiment
Spacecrafts Launched in Earlier Years
| SN | Name | Launch Date | Launch Vehicle | Application | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GSAT-30 | January 17, 2020 | Ariane-5 VA-251 | Communication | |
| 2 | RISAT-2BR1 | December 11, 2019 | PSLV-C48/RISAT-2BR1 | Disaster Management System, Earth Observation | |
| 3 | Cartosat-3 | November 27, 2019 | PSLV-C47 / Cartosat-3 Mission | Earth Observation | |
| 4 | Chandrayaan2 | July 22, 2019 | GSLV-Mk III – M1 / Chandrayaan-2 Mission | Planetary Observation | |
| 5 | RISAT-2B | May 22, 2019 | PSLV-C46 Mission | Disaster Management System, Earth Observation | |
| 6 | EMISAT | April 1, 2019 | PSLV-C45/EMISAT MISSION | electromagnetic spectrum measurement | |
| 7 | GSAT-31 | February 6, 2019 | Ariane-5 VA-247 | Communication | |
| 8 | Microsat-R | January 24, 2019 | PSLV-C44 | Imaging satellite |